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The Significance of Modulus of Elasticity and Fracture Toughness for Resine Composites

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Group 2: The significance of modulus of elasticity and fracture toughness for resin composites
Kelly Griffith, Lance Gunter, Joshua Haentges, Erik Hageman, Zohra Hasham, Nellab Hashimi

Modulus of elasticity is defined as the comparative stiffness of a material. A stiffer material will have a higher elastic modulus. Fracture toughness is the amount of stress required to propagate a preexisting flaw. It describes resistance of a material with a pre-existing flaw to fail. These two properties will be evaluated for resin composites in our paper through journal articles. Packable composites have a higher filler load and elastic modulus than flowable composites. Packing might also reduce shrinkage. Flowables have less filler and are …show more content…

So the conclusion was that some of the condensable composites are very similar to hybrid composites in their flexural strength and elastic modulus but condensable composites may be easier to handle. But clinicians should carefully select which composite material to use because not all of them fill the requirements for stress loaded posterior restorations. Sabbagh et al discussed a study comparing the modulus of elasticity and percentage of fillers by weight of different resin restoration materials. The resin materials were tested by applying a mechanical pulse to cause flexural vibration in order to obtain dynamic measurements and with a three point bending test in order to obtain static measurements. Flowable resins were found to have a lower modulus of elasticity compared to packable resins, making them more useful for class 5 restorations where flexing is necessary. Materials with higher filler content had a higher modulus of elasticity and are more useful for occlusal restorations. While this study is useful in that it compared a wide range of materials in vitro, a disadvantage is that it did not compare them in a clinical setting. The study by Roberts et al. is about testing the modulus of elasticity, 0.1% yield strength

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